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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About how many deaths are predicted in the first chapter?
(a) Ten million deaths.
(b) One million deaths.
(c) Three million deaths.
(d) Thirty million deaths.

2. Why does Labri refuse to eat?
(a) He doesn't like the men's food.
(b) He is sick.
(c) He doesn't like Fouillade.
(d) He is well fed.

3. Where do the events of the first chapter take place?
(a) In the Alps.
(b) In Greece.
(c) In Paris.
(d) On the French-German border.

4. When the narrator returns to the squad's quarters after listening to the story of execution, what is Volpatte doing?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Telling anecdotes.
(c) Playing cards.
(d) Crying.

5. Why are the gentlemen of the depot jealous of Bourin the Parisian?
(a) He received orders to deploy for combat.
(b) He is getting married soon.
(c) He has just been promoted.
(d) He is safe in the south.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were the executed veteran's accomplices sentenced to life in prison and not executed?

2. How does the narrator feel about the trench completed in Chapter 12?

3. Volpatte shares the first part of his story just after the squad finishes what type of duty?

4. According to Cocon, how many divisions comprise a corps?

5. Pépin states that engages should not boast of having served unless they do which of the following?

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